Apple App Store and iCloud back online after outage

From CNET: Apple's services are functioning as normal, after an outage that saw the App Store, Game Centre and plenty of iCloud features knocked for six.

Apple's status page says that all its services are running as normal after the glitches that appear to have taken hold across the globe...

Twitter and Yahoo reportedly meet to discuss merger

From CNET: Billionaire Warren Buffett, UK outlet The Daily Mail and US telco AT&T have all been said to have expressed interest in buying Yahoo, or at least parts of it, which for months has been looking for a new suitor.

Now, we can add Twitter to that list, according to the New York Post...

Oracle: We're going to sue that whistleblower cloud employee

From InfoWorld: Oracle plans to sue whistleblower Svetlana Blackburn for malicious prosecution, the company said Thursday.

On Wednesday, Blackburn -- a senior finance manager in Oracle's cloud business -- said in a lawsuit she was terminated from her job for refusing to go along with cloud...

Steam's May survey shows its users prefer Windows 10

From PC World: Say what you will about Microsoft’s Windows 10 forced-upgrade scheme. As far as gamers on Valve’s Steam service are concerned, Windows 10 is the most popular OS.

On Wednesday afternoon, Steam released its Hardware and Software Survey for May. According to the survey, 41.48 percent of...

Microsoft teases new Windows 2-in-1 device from Porsche Design

From CNET: During its keynote at Computex 2016, Microsoft went over many of the new features coming in the Windows Anniversary Update, as well as announcing the Windows Holographic shared platform for AR and VR and the company's strategy for what it's calling "mixed reality".

But before the focus...

Microsoft transfers patents to Xiaomi ahead of US entry plans

From InfoWorld: Microsoft has agreed to transfer some patents to Xiaomi, ahead of plans by the Chinese smartphone maker to enter the U.S. and other advanced markets.

The deal with Microsoft also involves Xiaomi bundling Microsoft Office and Skype on its Android smartphones and tablets, according...

AMD's Radeon RX 480 brings high-end graphics to the masses for just $200

From PC World: The next-generation graphics card war is officially on—though it’s already shaping up very differently than previous versions. While Nvidia kicked things off with the overwhelming firepower of the enthusiast-only $600 GeForce GTX 1080 and $380 GTX 1070, AMD’s attacking the mainstream...

OnePlus 3 to launch on June 14

From CNET: Chinese handset maker OnePlus announced today that it will launch its anticipated OnePlus 3 flagship phone on June 14.

The OnePlus 3 marks the company's third generation of its powerful, yet competitively priced, marquee device. Though OnePlus didn't give out any pricing information, it...

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